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The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.

Baron de Montesquieu

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Adventure Empires Greatness
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Natural Philosophical Trade
Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance… the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.
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Religion Religious War
…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
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Corruption Law Republic
I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.
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Hate Running Thinking
There is hardly any grief that an hour’s reading will not dissipate.
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Grief Hours Reading
Honor is unknown in despotic states.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Despotism Honor States
A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
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Men Speak Writing
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Comeback Insult Sexuality
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
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Happiness Laughter Men
In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity; each diversity is uniformity, each change is constancy.
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Body Diversity Movement
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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Law Overt Punish Undertake
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind
Europe is a state with several provinces
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Country Province Several State

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